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SOCIAL SECURITY: The number of sick leaves is increasing

MedExpress Team

Klaudia Rudnicka

Published April 17, 2023 08:09

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Fot. Franciszek Mazur / Agencja Gazeta
According to the Social Insurance Institution, 5.1 million medical certificates of temporary inability to work were registered in the first two months of 2023. What was the most common cause of sickness absences?

The latest Social Security data shows that the most common cause of absenteeism was respiratory illness.

Compared to the same period in 2022. Social Security reported a significant increase in both the number of days of sickness absence, up 8.6 percent, and the number of medical certificates, up 16.1 percent.

In February 2023, 2.4 million medical certificates of temporary inability to work were registered for a total of 24 million days of sickness absenc...

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